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Text Chapter 702 Hattori Onizou¡¯s Advice

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    The setting sun fell below the sea level not far away, and night enveloped the earth.  The silvery and bright crescent moon rose into the night sky unknowingly, spreading its silvery brilliance across the earth.

    After a day of fighting, the morale of the crusade army was gone.

    After counting at night, the expeditionary army lost almost 2,000 people.

    Such losses are not insignificant for the expeditionary army.

    However, this was still the result of Zhao Hongyu's mercy. Otherwise, it would not be impossible for the defeating army's losses to double or even triple.

    It is unlikely that a battle will take place at night. After all, the crusade was too physically exhausted when led by Takahashi.

    After three more fierce battles during the day, they no longer had much physical strength to launch any decent attack again.

    In addition, the losses during the day were not small, so Feng Shi and Ishida decided to camp outside Zhao Hongyu¡¯s camp to rest at night and let the soldiers rest.

    "As for Zhao Hongyu, it is obvious that he has no intention of continuing to attack.

    Regarding Zhao Hongyu¡¯s choice, Mrs. Wang, Liu Dashen and Tokugawa Kayo all expressed their confusion.

    Logically speaking, the current situation on the battlefield is already very favorable to them.

    And, after receiving reinforcements from two thousand Gurkha cavalry, the balance of the war has begun to tilt in their favor.

    If they take the initiative to launch an attack at this time of night, it is not impossible to defeat the crusade.

    However, I don¡¯t know what this young His Highness is thinking, but they don¡¯t want to continue the attack.

    Isn¡¯t this giving the crusade an opportunity?

    It¡¯s really hard for people to understand his thoughts.

    Now that we have the advantage, we should defeat the enemy in one go and eliminate the crisis.

    But why would His Highness do this?

    Thinking about it, there must be something in line for him to do this.

    Anyway, everyone can¡¯t figure it out.

    After retreating for about five miles, the expeditionary army stationed themselves in a place with gentle terrain.

    When the punitive army settled down, Zhao Hongyu also called his men back to the camp.

    After everyone returned to the camp, Tokugawa Kayo couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, the situation on the battlefield is extremely favorable to us now, but why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat the enemy in one go? You know, you are now  This approach is completely creating an opportunity for the other side to restore their combat strength, which is very detrimental to us."

    After all, Tokugawa Kayo is a girl from the samurai family. Although she dislikes war, it does not mean that she does not understand some things in war.

    You know, even during the days of escape, she still has to learn something.

    "Tokugawa Kayo's question attracted everyone's attention.

    ??Actually, regarding this issue, it¡¯s not just her who finds it strange and can¡¯t figure it out, in fact everyone can¡¯t figure it out.

    It¡¯s just that they are all Zhao Hongyu¡¯s subordinates, and they have not been relying on him for too long.

    So, there are some things that are hard for them to say.

    Hearing this, Zhao Hongyu looked around.

    They noticed that everyone was looking at them, looking at themselves eagerly waiting for their answer. They looked like curious kittens, and they couldn't help but feel happy.

    "Haha", he smiled first, and then said to Tokugawa Kayo: "Oh, it turns out that I am confused about this matter, so let me explain it to you. After all, I don't want you to worry too much about it.  , thought I was a madman."

    However, before explaining his arrangements to everyone, Zhao Hongyu still had to arrange some things.

    First, the captured soldiers in Osaka must be escorted back to their base.

    And, send a team of genetic guards to guard it.

    The reinforcements of the Gurkha cavalry also need to find a place for them to rest and settle down.

    After everything was arranged, Zhao Hongyu took a group of his subordinates and went to sit down in the meeting room.

    ??Zouzo Iguchi, Yuji Kawabe, Mrs. Wang and Liu Dashen, Yoshio Tokugawa and Chizuru Hattori, including ten people from Iga, all followed them to the tent

    After sitting down on the main seat, Zhao Hongyu's eyes slowly swept across everyone's faces, and then he said: "Everyone has seen that the crusade army is definitely not our opponent. With muskets and artillery, there are still two thousand  With the reinforcement of Gurkha cavalry, it is easy to destroy the crusade.??¡±

    Following Zhao Hongyu¡¯s words, everyone kept nodding.

    "Moreover, we already have the initiative in the current situation on the battlefield." Zhao Hongyu raised his right hand and pressed his fingers together into a fist.  "At the same time, after the day has passed for the expeditionary army, they have suffered great losses. Even if they continue to attack us tomorrow, they will not get any benefits from our hands."

    Kawabe Yuuji showed a thoughtful expression. He seemed to understand why Zhao Hongyu made such an arrangement.

    It has to be said that Yuji Kawabe is the smartest person among these subordinates.

    Although he looks like a fat man and looks silly.

    ¡°However, he has a smart heart.

    Many times, he can analyze many problems with some clues.

    Actually, he was a little confused about Zhao Hongyu's arrangement today.

    However, when he heard Zhao Hongyu say such words, he seemed to have thought of something.

    Wow, if this His Highness is what I guessed, then his ambitions are really great.

    It seems that a small crusade army cannot satisfy his appetite.

    ??Kawabe Yuuji lowered his head and thought to himself.

    Zhao Hongyu didn¡¯t know that with just a few words from him, Kawabe Yuuji seemed to understand his thoughts.

    After a pause, he continued to talk to everyone: "But even if we defeat the expeditionary army, there will definitely be other people coming to attack us. After all, we are now irreconcilable with the shogunate, and they will definitely want to kill us.  It will end this war."

    Zhao Hongyu twisted his buttocks to make himself sit more comfortably.

    "So, I don't want to defeat this crusade all at once. I want to hold them back. And consume their strength bit by bit, so that they will continue to ask for help from the shogunate and ask the shogunate to increase their troops." Zhao Hongyu grinned.  A wicked smile on his face.  "I want them to use this war as a tactic of filling the city with fuel, and slowly be consumed by us."

    Having said this, Zhao Hongyu¡¯s expression suddenly became serious.

    "Everyone must know that I have dispatched all the fleets under my command before the crusade came." Faced with Zhao Hongyu's inquiry, everyone nodded repeatedly.

    However, except for Kawabe Yuuji, no one seemed to understand why His Highness mentioned this matter all of a sudden.

    "The harder we fight here, the more reinforcements the shogunate will send, which will lead to a serious shortage of troops in other places. My fleet can take advantage of the situation and attack Edo directly.  ", Zhao Hongyu's face was full of ferocious looks, and his expression seemed a bit ferocious.  "Think about it, if they capture my subordinates on my side, and I defeat them on the Edo side, what will happen?"

    Well!

    This time, everyone was not calm anymore.

    They had no idea that this young His Highness actually had such a big plan.

    ¡°If what he said is true, this plan doesn¡¯t seem impossible.

    If they can really conquer the shogunate, they will have greater initiative.

    Perhaps, it is not impossible to sign an alliance under the city and control Kyushu in one's own hands.

    Hattori Onizou¡¯s pupils shrank, and a light flashed in his eyes.

    Kawabe Yuuji¡¯s expression was very indifferent, he had already thought of this just now.

    It¡¯s just that those were just his own guesses, and now they have just been confirmed.

    However, Kawabe Yuuji analyzed it and felt that this matter was still feasible.

    ¡°Besides, His Highness has already started this plan, and it is impossible to stop it.

    "Your Highness, how many troops are on the warships attacking the shogunate?"

    Hattori Onizou asked.

    His ideas are different from those of Kawabe Yuuji.

    What Hattori Kizo saw was the benefits to Miss Tokugawa Kayo after success.

    Because His Highness is a foreigner, after the success of this plan, he will definitely need confidants to manage Kyushu.

    ¡° Moreover, as a foreigner, it is obviously unrealistic to manage the Japanese Kyushu.

    All, this requires supporting a force.

    So.  If this power is possible, why can't it use Miss Tokugawa Kayo?

    By then, it will not be impossible to revive the Tokugawa family.

     This is an opportunity.

    Hattori Onizou was quite excited.

    However, compared to Hattori Kizo¡¯s excitement, Tokugawa Kayo¡¯s face showed a lack of interest.

    ¡°Obviously, the little girl didn¡¯t think about it that much at all.

    She just felt that it would be good for the young His Highness to have his own plan.

    As long as he doesn¡¯t arrange war randomly, that¡¯s fine.

    As for other things, that¡¯s not something she has to worry about.

    As a young fresh girl who was tired of war in the 16th century, her wish was to live a pastoral life without fighting against the world, and it would be better to raise a few cute local dogs.

    Zhao Hongyu glanced at Hattori Kizo, and Zhao Hongyu saw some of his meaning from his face, and knew what he was worried about.

    The number of warships under his command is not many, so there are not many sailors on board.

    Fifty-two battleships heading towards Edo would have extremely limited combat power.

    "However, Zhao Hongyu is not too worried about this.

    He smiled and said to Hattori Onizo: "The fleet I sent out can probably divide the marine troops of 6,000 people. I think these troops are enough to conquer Edo."

    "Your Highness, although there are two thousand reinforcements today, it is impossible to cope with the endless stream of punitive troops with the strength we have now, right?"

    Hattori Onizou said loudly again.

    Of course, his question and reminder were also for Zhao Hongyu¡¯s good.

    Zhao Hongyu is still clear about this.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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